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Skills

R
QGIS & ArcGIS
Python
Git
SQL
Bash

Languages

French
English
Spanish
Norwegian

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Benjamin Cretois

I am a PhD Candidate in the project Digital Transformation where I am specializing in data analysis. I am passionate about making data more useful and more comprehensible for scientists and citizens and I am looking forward to continue working with data as a Data Scientist.

Education

PhD. Candidate, Spatial Data Analysis

Norwegian University of Science & Technology

Trondheim, Norway

Current - 2018

  • Finding methods to improve the use of Citizen Science data
  • Managing master students’ projects
  • Teaching assistant in statistic and GIS courses)

M.Sc., Environment and Law

Université de Rennes I

Rennes, France

2018 - 2016

  • Thesis: “The revival of wolves and other large carnivores and their impact on the livelihood of rural communities”
  • Basic of database management (Microsoft Access and SQL)

B.S., Ecology and Evolution

Université de Rennes I

Rennes, France

2016 - 2013

Infantry School of Lorient

French Navy

Lorient, France

2011 - 2011

  • Learning how to manage a team of soldiers
  • First aid, thinking in harsh conditions

Research Experience

Research Assistant

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Trondheim, Norway

2018

  • Helping in the writing of a report for the EU Parliament
  • Analyzing depredation data from European country

Research Assistant

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Trondheim, Norway

2017

  • Use of text data mining and classification methods to analyze environmental legislation

Professional Experience

Sergeant in the French Navy (Marine infantry)

Marine Francaise

Brest, France

2013 - 2011

  • Leading and managing a team of 6 soldiers to secure military bases
  • Training for special forces (Commandos Marine)




Teaching Experience

I enjoy teaching very much. I believe that teaching is a way to better understand the concepts that we use ourselves

Quantitative methods

NTNU’s Department of Geography

Trondheim, Norway

Current - 2018

  • TA and lectured
  • Teaching the use of R programming, regression techniques & data visualization
  • Master level class

GIS Tools for climate change studies

NTNU’s Department of Geography

Trondheim, Norway

Current - 2018

  • TA and lectured
  • Advanced GIS analysis to study climate related problems
  • Master level class

Introduction to GIS & Quantitative methods

NTNU’s Department of Geography

Trondheim, Norway

Current - 2018

  • TA and lectured
  • Introduction to programming in R and basic statistical techniques
  • Bachelor level class

Selected Scientific Communication Writing

I regularly post tutorial about data analysis and summarize my recent papers on my website

Point pattern analysis in Stan - Part 2

benjamincretois.netlify.app

N/A

2020

  • Tutorial on analysing spatial patterns in R using Bayesian methods

Point pattern analysis in Stan - Part 1

benjamincretois.netlify.app

N/A

2020

  • Tutorial on analysing spatial patterns in R using Bayesian methods

The contribution of hunters to monitoring biodiversity in Europe

European Federation for Hunting and Conservation

N/A

2020

  • Short description of our paper Hunters as Citizen Scientists

Can Humans and Wild Ungulates Live Together in a European Landscape?

Ecology For the Masses

N/A

2020

  • Short description of our paper Challenges and opportunities of living with wild ungulates

Inspiring optimism: note from the Conservation Optimism Summit

Ecology For the Masses

N/A

2019

  • Short description of my contribution to the conference Conservation Optimism

Selected Publications

Hunters as citizen scientists: Contributions to biodiversity monitoring in Europe.

Global Ecology and Conservation

N/A

2020

  • Cretois, B., Linnell, J. D., Grainger, M., Nilsen, E. B., & Rød, J. K.
  • We assessed the means by which hunters contribute to biodiversity monitoring

The challenges and opportunities of coexisting with wild ungulates in the human-dominated landscapes of Europe’s Anthropocene.

Biological Conservation

N/A

2020

  • Linnell, J. D., Cretois, B. (co-first authorship), Nilsen, E. B., Rolandsen, C. M., Solberg, E. J., Veiberg, V., … & Kaltenborn, B.
  • We summarized and analyzed data on species distribution, ungulates-car collisions and hunting

Accounting for spatial varying sampling effort due to accessibility in Citizen Science data: A case study of moose in Norway.

Spatial Statistics

N/A

2020

  • Sicacha-Parada, J., Steinsland, I., Cretois, B., & Borgelt, J.
  • We attempted to correct for biases in Citizen Science data

What form of human-wildlife coexistence is mandated by legislation? A comparative analysis of international and national instruments

Biodiversity and Conservation

N/A

2019

  • Cretois, B., Linnell, J. D., Kaltenborn, B. P., & Trouwborst, A.
  • We used text mining and clustering algorithms

Research for AGRI Committee-The Revival of Wolves and Other Large Predators and Its Impact on Farmers and Their Livelihood in Rural Regions of Europe

Report for the European Parliament

N/A

2018

  • Linnell, J. D., & Cretois, B.
  • We analyzed depredation data and communicated in a simple way for policy-makers

Selected Talks

Conceptual insights on what presence means

NTNU’s Department of Geography

Trondheim, Norway

2020

  • Cretois, B.
  • My talk about the meaning of “presence” in ecology and geography

Coexisting with large mammals in the human-dominated landscape of Europe’s Anthropocene.

4th Conference of the Nordic Society Oikos

Reykjavik, Iceland

2020

  • Cretois, B.

Living with success with wild large mammals in Europe’s anthropogenic landscape

Conservation Optimism Summit

Oxford, UK

2019

  • Cretois, B.